Aluminum Footplates

by Sam

I need 15 foot plates for my pool. The old ones are aluminum and the tabs break off easily. Where can I get new ones? The top and foot plates on my pool are identical.

Hi Sam, finding any kind of replacement parts for above ground pools is hard. Check all of your local pool stores. You might even find a great deal on a used pool that would have the parts you need.

When we are doing installs and the aluminum tabs break off we just fix them. That is a major design flaw that the tabs bread off so often. I have even had it happen on new pools while installing them.

I carry some aluminum L bracket material with me. It needs to be about 1 inch by 1 inch by a half inch wide. I bolt it to the plate and drill a hole in it using the old tab as a guide. This works just fine.

How the upright attaches to the footplate is not really important. This is not a very important structural element of the pool. The upright just needs to be kept from moving side to side.